Suspected acute encephalopathy with symmetrical abnormal signal areas in the basal ganglia, thalamus, midbrain and pons diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging

Pediatrics International

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 454-458

  Matsushita, Eiji ^a   Takita, Kosaku ^a   Shimada, Akira ^a  

^a Yoka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Acute necrotizing encephalopathy; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; DECEREBRATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0030803724     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1997.tb03617.x     Document Type: Article

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